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Lexicon :: Strong's H5158 - naḥal

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נַחַל
Transliteration
naḥal
Pronunciation
nakh'-al
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From נָחַל (H5157) in its original sense
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TWOT Reference: 1343a,1343b

Strong’s Definitions

נַחַל nachal, nakh'-al; or (feminine) נַחְלָה nachlâh; (Psalm 124:4), or נַחֲלָה nachălâh; (Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28), from H5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine):—brook, flood, river, stream, valley.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x

The KJV translates Strong's H5158 in the following manner: river (56x), brook (46x), valley (23x), stream (11x), flood (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x
The KJV translates Strong's H5158 in the following manner: river (56x), brook (46x), valley (23x), stream (11x), flood (5x).

  1. torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley

    1. torrent

    2. torrent-valley, wadi (as stream bed)

    3. shaft (of mine)

  2. palm-tree

    1. meaning dubious

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נַחַל nachal, nakh'-al; or (feminine) נַחְלָה nachlâh; (Psalm 124:4), or נַחֲלָה nachălâh; (Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28), from H5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine):—brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
STRONGS H5158: Abbreviations
† I. נַ֫חַל noun masculine 2 Kings 3:16 torrent, torrent-valley, wady (Ecclus 40:13; 40:16; Late Hebrew id., stream (rare); Targum נַחְלָא bdb063601, = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian naḫlu = Biblical Hebrew; LagBN 140 Anm. thinks Νεῖλος may be from Νεέλ = נַחַל pronounced *נִהִל; on נ׳ in Sabean proper name, of a location, see HalRev. Sémit. Iv (1896), 80, 1, 14); — absolute נ׳ Genesis 32:24 +, נַ֫חְלָה Psalm 124:4; construct נַחַל Genesis 26:17 +; with ה locative, Genesis 34:5 so read also Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28 (where MT נַחֲלָ֫ה; see Thes); dual נַחֲלַיִם Ezekiel 47:9, but read הַנַּחַל Greek Version of the LXX. Targum Syriac Version Vulgate Co Berthol; plural נְחָלִים Numbers 21:4 +; נַחֲלֵי Deuteronomy 8:7 +; suffix נְחֶלֶיהָ Isaiah 34:9; —
1. torrent, of rushing water in narrow channel Judges 5:21 (3 times in verse); Judges 4:7, 13; Psalm 83:10 (all of קִישֹׁן, which see); mountain torrent Deuteronomy 9:21 (compare Exodus 32:20); so Amos 5:24 (simile of righteousness); הַשּׁוֺטֵף הַנּ׳ 2 Chronicles 32:4 (|| מַעְיָנוֺת); לְזֶפֶת נ׳ נֶהְפְּכוּ Isaiah 34:9; simile of tears Lamentations 2:18; hyperb.שָֿׁ֑מֶן נ׳ Micah 6:7 torrents of oil, compare of honey and curd Job 20:17 (|| פְּלַגּוֹת, נְהָרִים); figurativeבְלִיַּעַל נ׳ 2 Samuel 22:5 torrents of worthlessness (|| מִשְׁבְּרֵי מָ֫וֶת), = Psalm 18:5; שׁוֺטֵף נ׳ simile of glory of nations Isaiah 66:12, figurative of invaders Jeremiah 47:2 (|| מַיִס), or foes Psalm 124:4 (נַ֫חְלָה, see above); 1 Kings 17:4, 6 (for drinking), drying up in summer 1 Kings 17:7 (יָבֵשׁ; all of Elijah's stream כְּרִית, which see); for drinking also Psalm 110:7, and (figurative) עֲדָנֶיךָ נ׳ Psalm 36:9; Job 6:15 (twice in verse) (אֲפִיק נְחָלִים; in simile); of water bursting from rock Psalm 78:20 (שָׁטַף, || מַיִם), compare Psalm 74:15 (+ מַעְיָן); figurative of מְקוֺר חָכְמָה Proverbs 18:4 (נֹבֵּעַ נ׳; || מַיִם עֲמֻקִים); more generally = stream, brook, river (chiefly late) Isaiah 11:15 (divisions of river, נָהָר) in desert Isaiah 35:6 (|| מַיִם), Jeremiah 31:9 (נַחֲלֵי מַיִם), Ezekiel 47:5 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 47:9b (all strike out Co), Ezekiel 47:6; Ezekiel 47:7; Ezekiel 47:9a (readהַנַּחַל, see above), Ezekiel 47:12; containing fish, etc. Leviticus 11:9, 10 (|| מַיִם, יַמִּים), Ecclesiastes 1:7 (twice in verse); figurative רוּחַ י׳, Isaiah 30:28 (שׁוֺטֵף נ׳, Isaiah 30:33 (גָּפְרִית נ׳).
2. Torrent-valley, wady, as stream-bed 1 Samuel 17:40; Nehemiah 2:15; Isaiah 57:6; with torrent flowing through it, אֵיתָן נ׳ Deuteronomy 21:4 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 21:6, אֶרֶץ נַחֲלֵי מַיִם Deuteronomy 8:7 (|| עֲיָנֹת וּתְהֹמֹת יֹּצְאִים בַּבִּקְעָה), compare Deuteronomy 10:7, 1 Kings 18:5 (|| מַעְיְנֵי הַמַיִם), Psalm 104:10; abode of Elijah 1 Kings 17:3, 5 (compare 1 Kings 17:4; 1 Kings 17:6; 1 Kings 17:7 above); עֹרְבֵי נ׳ Proverbs 30:17 (compare 1 Kings 17:4, 6); הַבַּתּוֺת נ׳ Isaiah 7:19 as home of bees; fertile, אֶשְׁכֹּל נ׳ Numbers 13:23, 24 (E); אִבֵּי הַנּ׳ Songs 6:11; עַרְבֵינֿ׳ poplars of the wady Leviticus 23:40 (H), Job 40:22; עֲרָבִים נ׳ Isaiah 15:7; needing water Genesis 26:17 (גְּרָר נ׳), Genesis 26:19 (J), compare 2 Kings 3:16, 17; place for refuse, ruins, etc. 2 Samuel 17:13; in poetry also as wild, remote ravine Job 30:6, compare בְּצוּר הַנְּחָלִים Job 22:24; place of child-sacrifice Isaiah 57:5; burial-place Job 21:33 (רִגְבֵי נ׳), — Numbers 24:6 see II. נַ֫חַל.
Particular wadys designate localities: אַרְנוֺן Numbers 21:14 (E), Deuteronomy 2:24, 36 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 3:8, 12, 16 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 4:48; Joshua 12:1, 2(twice in verse); Joshua 13:9 (twice in verse) (all D), Joshua 13:16; Joshua 13:16 (P), 2 Kings 10:33; אֶשְׁכֹּל Numbers 32:9 (J), Deuteronomy 1:24 בְּשׂוֺר 1 Samuel 30:9, 10, 21; גָּד 2 Samuel 24:5; זֶרֶד Numbers 21:12 (E), Deuteronomy 2:13 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 2:14; יַכֹּק Genesis 32:24 (J), Deuteronomy 2:37; Deuteronomy 3:16; Joshua 12:2 (all D); קִדְרוֺן 2 Samuel 15:23; 1 Kings 2:37; 1 Kings 15:13; 1 Kings 18:40; 1Ki 23:6 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 23:12; 2 Chronicles 15:16; 29:16; 30:14; Jeremiah 31:40; קָנָה Joshua 16:8; Joshua 17:9 (3 times in verse) (all P); שׂוֺרֵק Judges 16:4; הַשִּׁטִּים נ׳ Joel 4:18; נ׳ מִצְרַיִם is southwest limit of Palestine (Assyrian naḫal [mat] Muṣri, Dl Par. 310 SchrCOT Numbers 34:5) Numbers 34:5 (P), Joshua 15:4 (D), Joshua 15:47 (P), 1 Kings 8:65; 2 Kings 24:7, 2; Chron 2 Kings 7:8; Isaiah 27:12, + (omit מצרים) Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28 (see above); so read also possibly Amos 6:14 (see עֲרָבָה : usually identified with Wâdy el-Arîsh; on Wkl's different view, see references below מִצְרַיִם near the end); on identification of נ׳ Joshua 15:7; Joshua 19:11 (both P), 2 Samuel 23:30 = 1 Chronicles 11:32; 2 Chronicles 20:16; 33:14, see Commentaries; אָשֶׁד הַנְּחָלִים Numbers 21:15, see אֶשֶׁד.
3. Miner's shaft, נ׳ פָּרַץ Job 28:4.

† II. [נַ֫חַל] noun [masculine] perhaps palm-tree (Arabic bdb063602, noun of individual meaning bdb063603; see PerlesJQ, July, 1899, 688); — only plural absolute, כִּנְחָלִים נִטָּ֑יוּ Numbers 24:6 like palm-trees, which are stretched out, spread out (as to foliage). So Perlesl.c., who compares כערבי נחל Ecclus 50:12e, Greek Version of the LXX ὡς στελέχη φοινικων.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:17; 26:17; 26:19; 32:24; 32:24; 34:5

Exodus

32:20

Leviticus

11:9; 11:10; 23:40

Numbers

13:23; 13:24; 21:4; 21:12; 21:14; 21:15; 24:6; 24:6; 32:9; 34:5; 34:5

Deuteronomy

1:24; 2:13; 2:14; 2:24; 2:36; 2:37; 3:8; 3:12; 3:16; 3:16; 4:48; 8:7; 8:7; 9:21; 10:7; 21:4; 21:6

Joshua

12:1; 12:2; 12:2; 13:9; 13:16; 13:16; 15:4; 15:7; 15:47; 16:8; 17:9; 19:11

Judges

4:7; 4:13; 5:21; 16:4

1 Samuel

17:40; 30:9; 30:10; 30:21

2 Samuel

15:23; 17:13; 22:5; 23:12; 23:30; 24:5

1 Kings

2:37; 8:65; 15:13; 17:3; 17:4; 17:4; 17:4; 17:5; 17:6; 17:6; 17:6; 17:7; 17:7; 18:5; 18:40

2 Kings

3:16; 3:16; 3:17; 7:8; 10:33; 24:2; 24:7

1 Chronicles

11:32

2 Chronicles

15:16; 20:16; 29:16; 30:14; 32:4; 33:14

Nehemiah

2:15

Job

6:15; 20:17; 21:33; 22:24; 28:4; 30:6; 40:22

Psalms

18:5; 36:9; 74:15; 78:20; 83:10; 104:10; 110:7; 124:4; 124:4

Proverbs

18:4; 30:17

Ecclesiastes

1:7

Song of Songs

6:11

Isaiah

7:19; 11:15; 15:7; 27:12; 30:28; 30:33; 34:9; 34:9; 35:6; 57:5; 57:6; 66:12

Jeremiah

31:9; 31:40; 47:2

Lamentations

2:18

Ezekiel

47:5; 47:6; 47:7; 47:9; 47:9; 47:9; 47:12; 47:19; 47:19; 48:28; 48:28

Amos

5:24; 6:14

Micah

6:7

H5158

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Strong's Number H5158 matches the Hebrew נַחַל (naḥal),
which occurs 16 times in 10 verses in 'Jos' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 - Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river H5158 Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river H5158 Arnon, and from the middle of the river, H5158 and from half Gilead, even unto the river H5158 Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:9 - From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river H5158 Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, H5158 and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:16 - And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river H5158 Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, H5158 and all the plain by Medeba;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:4 - From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river H5158 of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7 - And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: H5158 and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:47 - Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river H5158 of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8 - The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river H5158 Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9 - And the coast descended unto the river H5158 Kanah, southward of the river: H5158 these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, H5158 and the outgoings of it were at the sea:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:11 - And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river H5158 that is before Jokneam;
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